Kentucky race thread

[MD24]

Quaker State 400

Qualifying: Friday, July 8th 5:00 pm/et

Green Flag : Saturday, July 9th 7:45 pm/et

Track Specs:

Track/Race Length: 1.5 mile oval, 267 laps, 400 miles

Banking in turns 1-4: 14 degrees

Banking in tri-oval: 10 degrees

Banking on backstretch: 4 degrees

Length of frontstretch: 1,662 feet

Length of backstretch: 1,600 feet

Length of short chute from start/finish to Turn 1: 681 feet

Length of apex of tri-oval at the start/finish Line: 300 feet

Length of short chute from Turn 4 to start/finish: 681 feet

Grandstand Seating: 117,000.

Opened: 2000

[00steven]

If it's anything like the truck race, we are in for a treat.

[MD24]

Rain interrupted and then washed out qualifying.

The field was set according to NASCAR's rainout rules, with the starting order established by speeds in final practice.

1 18 Kyle Busch
2 42 Juan Montoya
3 22 Kurt Busch
4 4 Kasey Kahne
5 48 Jimmie Johnson
6 2 Brad Keselowski
7 99 Carl Edwards
8 6 David Ragan
9 14 Tony Stewart
10 27 Paul Menard

11 9 Marcos Ambrose
12 78 Regan Smith
13 17 Matt Kenseth
14 24 Jeff Gordon
15 20 Joey Logano
16 56 Martin Truex Jr.
17 00 David Reutimann
18 39 Ryan Newman
19 29 Kevin Harvick
20 33 Clint Bowyer

21 16 Greg Biffle
22 31 Jeff Burton
23 43 A.J. Allmendinger
24 47 Bobby Labonte
25 13 Casey Mears
26 11 Denny Hamlin
27 83 Brian Vickers
28 5 Mark Martin
29 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
30 51 Landon Cassill

31 87 Joe Nemechek
32 36 Dave Blaney
33 60 Mike Skinner
34 1 Jamie McMurray
35 34 David Gilliland
36 46 J.J. Yeley
37 38 Travis Kvapil
38 66 Michael McDowell
39 71 Andy Lally
40 181 Scott Riggs

41 37 Tony Raines
42 32 Mike Bliss
43 7 Scott Wimmer

Did Not Qualify
44 30 David Stremme
45 115 Michael Waltrip
46 150 T.J. Bell
47 195 David Starr
48 177 Robby Gordon

[00steven]

Hell of a drive by Kyle! Not a bad race, about as good as a mile and a half can be.

[MD24]

Didn't see much of the race, but what I did see was pretty good.

Great turnout for the 1st race at Kentucky Speedway

[nigelred5]

Has everyone made it home by now?